Portrait Movies

A young painter named Billie lives secluded in an apartment on her own. She tries to find inspiration despite external disturbances.

In a nursing home, a young man visits his grandmother. As she constantly repeats that she wants to go home, his grandson visits her now empty...

What compels a man to push the limits of what is attainable ever higher? After thirty years of relentless struggle with the highest peaks on earth,...

Albert Camus, who died 60 years ago, continues to inspire defenders of freedom and human rights activists around the world today. The Nobel Prize...

When 30y/o Joel returns to the stairwell, he freezes in shock. His baby stroller is gone.

Sigrid Koetse, award-winning actor and grande dame of Dutch theater, lived most of her life in the public eye and was always surrounded by a crowd of...

A British army officer becomes fascinated by the portrait of a young woman. He travels to Germany to find her, only to discover that she is suffering...

Astor Piazzolla revolutionized the tango. By breaking with the codes of traditional tango, he brought this popular Argentine music from dance floors...

Ninja is famous around the world for her fierce ballroom performances, but she is not as well-known in her native country of French Guyana. But a...

Before he was killed, Martin hid a half million dollars worth of bonds on his ranch. Brainard, who killed him, Inspector Carson posing as Sam Brown,...

Bram, a restless man, questions the source of his unease. One day, a mysterious figure appears, offering answers to his lingering worries, only to...

A little girl catches floral patterns with a magic cloth and uses them to make her own pretty dresses. Every night, ants move her house from one...

The filmmaker’s grandmother moved into this house in 1971. When Rolande Ségalini died, everything remained as it was during her...

Documentary portrait of the poet Karla Erbová is a confession of a creative personality who, despite many twists and turns in life, remains...

Having won 250 tournaments, including 83 without losing a single game, 3 Olympic medals, 6 Wimbledon titles and only suffered 7 defeats, Suzanne...

A woman with a deep love of the land, Yolande Simard Perrault sees her life as having been shaped by a planetary upheaval in Charlevoix, Quebec,...

This feature documentary is a profile of Canadian press tycoon Roy Thomson, whose single-minded attention to business brought him riches, power, and...

Made in the sunset years of Paul Bowles’ life, the film sees the eccentric author and composer reminisce on how he ended up in Morocco.